Revealing New Evidence in Abu Akleh’s Killing, Al Jazeera Sues Israeli Forces at ICC
The news network said the journalist's killing was part of a "wider attack on Al Jazeera, and journalists in Palestine."
‘Free Julian Assange!’ Say Latin America’s Leftist Leaders: Lula, AMLO, Petro, Maduro, Ortega, Kirchner, Evo, Zelaya
Latin America’s leftist presidents are leading the campaign to free Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks journalist has the support of Brazil’s Lula da Silva, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Argentina’s Cristina…
NYC Advocates Fear More Police Violence, Homeless Criminalization Amid Forced Hospitalizations
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive this week that puts police at the center of renewed efforts to remove people exhibiting signs of mental illness from public…
US Plans To Build Jerusalem Embassy on Palestinian Land
“Should the US proceed with this plan, it would not only be complicit with Israel’s illegal confiscation of Palestinian-owned land, but it would also become an active participant in the…
Zelensky Looks to Ban Christian Denomination With Ties to Moscow
The Ukrainian President called for the Russian Orthodox Church to be outlawed after Kiev’s intelligence agency conducted several raids on Orthodox cathedrals.
The Secret Reason the US is Still in Syria
It’s tough to overstate how bad things are in Syria. According to the UN, “90 percent of all Syrians today are forced to live below the poverty line with around…
Israel Set to Deport Palestinian-French Human Rights Defender Salah Hammouri
Having spent nearly a decade in occupation prisons, Hammouri was most recently placed under administrative detention in March. In 2020, Israel revoked his residency status, an often-used tool of ethnic…
Israeli Forces Kill Four Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Including Two Brothers
The three Palestinians killed overnight were identified as Jawad Rimawi, 22, Thafer Rimawi, 21, and Mufid Ikhlayel, 44. A fourth Palestinian was killed later on Tuesday morning after carrying out…
UK Government Deployed 15 Staff on Secret Operation To Seize Julian Assange
New information raises further concerns about the politicisation of the WikiLeaks founder’s legal case.
Death in Qatar, but No Just Compensation for Families Back Home
Qatar’s migrant workers died, but their families struggle on.
Symbolic but Significant: Why the Decision to Investigate Abu Akleh’s Murder is Unprecedented
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh…
The Real Reason the US Is Against the Entire World on Cuba
What is the point of the embargo on Cuba? What are we hoping to achieve? To punish a dead Fidel Castro for his sins? Maybe to punish a dead Che…
Inter-American Commission Hears Landmark Case of Torture and Killing by US Border Patrol
Anastasio Hernández Rojas’s widow, Maria de Jesús Puga, testified that her “whole family, we have all been bearing this pain, 12 years, 12 years of pain and anguish not knowing…
John Kiriakou: American Gulag
Western journalists are providing breathless depictions of the harsh conditions facing U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in Russia. Have none of them been inside a U.S. prison?
Brazil’s Supreme Court Orders Suspension of Bolsonarista Road Blockades
Supporters of outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro set up over 300 road blockades on October 31. The far-right leader has isolated himself since Sunday and has remained completely silent since…